Practical Training

Academic staff:

• Associate Professor Kota Kurohane, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor Koji Ueda, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor Naoko Takenaga, Ph.D.

Educational Development

Academic staff:

• Professor Kotaro Iida, Ph.D.
• Professor Yumiko Komori, Ph.D.
• Professor Tadao Taguchi, Ph.D.

Research themes:

1. Conducting studies related to the development, promotion, support, and evaluation of pharmaceutical education (Iida, Taguchi)
2. Designing and evaluating the formulation of dry-powder inhalants (Iida)
3. Developing effective methodologies for teaching pharmacy (Taguchi)
4. Conducting studies related to glycometabolism for various tissue cell types (Taguchi)

Clinical Training

Academic staff:

• Professor Yoichi Hasegawa, Ph.D.
• Professor Shunsuke Kurono, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor Akio Itoh, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor Takayuki Inagaki, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor Makoto Ushida, Ph.D.
• Assistant Professor Yuka Moriya, Ph.D.

Research themes:

1. Developing and evaluating methods for practical education
2. Studying professional skills required of pharmacists
3. Studying medical safety and risk management
4. Conducting studies to optimize medication for children

Coordinating Medical Practice and Drug Dispensing (Clinical Sciences and Neuropsychopharmacology)

Academic staff:

• Professor Yukihiro Noda, Ph.D., BCPPS
• Associate Professor Akira Yoshimi, Ph.D.

Research themes:

1. Analyzing molecular mechanisms in the pathology of neuropsychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, mood disorders, drug addiction, dementia, etc.) and medications for them
2. Exploring target molecules associated with the pathology of neuropsychiatric disorders and medications for them
3. Studying clinical pharmacology- and genome-based therapeutics
4. Studying medication adherence and palliative medicine for asthma, cancer, and mental disorders
5. Studying development of clinical pharmaceutical education systems

Coordinating Medical Practice and Drug Dispensing (Analyzing Pathology II)

Academic staff:

• Professor Ikuto Tsukiyama, Ph.D.

Coordinating Medical Practice and Drug Dispensing (Analyzing Pathology III)

Academic staff:

• Associate Professor Kaori Ito, Ph.D.

Coordinating Medical Practice and Drug Dispensing (Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics I)

Academic staff:

• Professor Nobuki Hayakawa, Ph.D.

Coordinating Medical Practice and Drug Dispensing (Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics II)

Academic staff:

• Professor Hidesuke Yamamoto, Ph.D.